President Obama's popularity has boosted America's image abroad, a poll released Thursday says.
Obama boosts U.S. image abroad
Obama boosts U.S. image abroad
Friday, July 24, 2009
Former NHL Star Speaks Out About Another Con Job
Former Detroit Red Wings star Sergei Fedorov says a man entrusted to manage his money during the past 11 years swindled him out of $43 million.In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court, Fedorov says Joseph Zada of Grosse Pointe Shores also broke a promise to repay him $60 million by April 20.
The suit says Zada "acting in concert with others" and "intentionally lied to Fedorov" whenever he asked about the money.
There was no answer Thursday at a number listed for Zada in Grosse Pointe Shores.
Fedorov, the 1994 NHL MVP and three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Red Wings, has signed a two-year contract with a Russian club of the Kontinental Hockey League. He has also played for Anaheim, Columbus and Washington.
Where home prices are up
The end of the housing slump seems near — but it depends on where you live.
Where home prices are up
Also:
Mysterious blobs wash up on Texas beaches
The gooey blobs are as big as basketballs and have authorities scratching their heads.
Texas blobs
Also:
What you shouldn't wear to work
These office-inappropriate choices can hurt a woman's reputation as well as her career.
What you shouldn't wear to work
Also:
Daily Almanac
Today is Friday, July 24, the 205th day of 2009.
There are 160 days left in the year.
Today In History July 24, 2009
There are 160 days left in the year.
Today In History July 24, 2009
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Shiraz, Fars, Iran
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Enfield, England, United Kingdom
Brussels, Brussels-Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
as well as Serbia and Montenegro, Ireland, and the United States
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Shiraz, Fars, Iran
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Enfield, England, United Kingdom
Brussels, Brussels-Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
as well as Serbia and Montenegro, Ireland, and the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Believe it or not, you're an expert at romance.
You just don't do it the way most folks do.
When you're out to impress someone, you don't just pick up a pizza and beer; you make sure you're wooing them in most elegant fashion with limos, fine wine and tickets to the theater.
However, if you can't afford all that don't worry.
If anyone can make that pizza and beer evening feel truly special -- elegant, even, once you lay out the silk napkins, the silver candlesticks and your best china -- it's you.
This is twice in the last few months they've said the same thing ... so it must be true.
Believe it or not, you're an expert at romance.
You just don't do it the way most folks do.
When you're out to impress someone, you don't just pick up a pizza and beer; you make sure you're wooing them in most elegant fashion with limos, fine wine and tickets to the theater.
However, if you can't afford all that don't worry.
If anyone can make that pizza and beer evening feel truly special -- elegant, even, once you lay out the silk napkins, the silver candlesticks and your best china -- it's you.
This is twice in the last few months they've said the same thing ... so it must be true.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Man pulled over for driving too slow
And it's about damned time, too!
Too many wrecks are caused by slow drivers!
Too many wrecks are caused by slow drivers!
Erik Bonstrom gets fined for going 58 mph in a 65 mph zone.
Man pulled over for driving too slow
Great Smoky Mountain Campgrounds Will Not Get Showers Installed Any Time Soon
The National Park Service says there isn't enough water or drainage to add showers to campgrounds in the Smokies.
Great Smoky Mountain Campgrounds
Great Smoky Mountain Campgrounds
Constipation Relief Via Hammers
Not Such a Good Idea
Viorel Firoiu of Romania decided tools would be more useful to cure his constipation than something like Metamucil.
Granted, he was drunk at the time, but ...
Granted, he was drunk at the time, but ...
Obama isn't rushing public option healthcare
It's been an ongoing discussion since, Roosevelt ... Teddy.
He was the first U.S. President to call for universal health care and national health insuranceBut, I figure 100 years is rushing it for the inside the beltway crowd, don't you?!
Mexican cartels target polygamist Mormon sect
Mormon pioneer Alma Dayer LeBaron had a vision when he moved his breakaway sect of polygamists to this valley 60 years ago: His many children would live in peace and prosperity among the pretty pecan orchards they would plant in the desert.
Did You Know ...
Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, was addicted to chocolate.
He drank 50 servings a day.
It was dyed a red color and favored with chili peppers.
He drank 50 servings a day.
It was dyed a red color and favored with chili peppers.
Fate of marijuana mine in limbo
An abandoned mine in northern Canada may lose its role as the country's only government-sanctioned marijuana farm.
Naked girls plow fields to bring rain
In a 'time "honored" tradition' - that you will not see in Nebraska anytime soon.
Farmers in eastern India are having their unmarried daughters plow parched fields naked to embarrass the monsoon gods into sending rain for their crops.
Obama 'way off base' with comment
From the "I acted stupidly and don't like the fact I was called on it" Department:
A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's disappointed in the president's rebuke.
Obama
Osama bin Laden's son likely killed in Pakistan
The Taliban leader's son reportedly died after a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year.
One of Osama bin Laden's sons may have been killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan earlier this year, National Public Radio reported.
Saad bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader's third-oldest son, is "believed" to have been killed by Hellfire missiles fired from a US Predator drone "sometime this year," the US broadcaster said on its website, AFP reported.
US spy agencies are "80 to 85 percent" sure that Saad bin Laden is dead, a senior counter-terrorism official told NPR, while acknowledging that it was difficult to be completely sure without a body on which DNA tests could be conducted.
Report
Mayors, lawmakers nabbed in corruption probe
Officials arrest more than 40 in New Jersey — including mayors, legislators, and rabbis — in a sweeping international money laundering ring.
Corruption probe
Also:
Hospital defends secretly deporting patient
A Florida hospital says the man wanted to go home to Guatemala, but a potentially precedent-setting lawsuit claims otherwise.
Deporting patient
Also:
Long-derided investment choice now seems wise
Investors who now want to buy in may find that the best deals have disappeared from the market.
Long-derided now seems wise
Also:
Dow hits highest point in months
Surprisingly good news sparks a surge on Wall Street, bringing the Dow above 9,000 for the first time since early January.
Highest point in months
Also:
Chimpanzees in the Wild Do Get Sick from AIDS After All
Chimpanzees, the closest animal relatives to humans, aren't immune to the deadly impact of AIDS as scientists long believed, researchers reported in the journal Nature.
Chimpanzees in the Wild Do Get Sick from AIDS
Chimpanzees in the Wild Do Get Sick from AIDS
Wrong Number
A woman meant to call a record store but dialed the wrong number and got a private home instead.
"Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme'?" she asked.
"Well, no," answered the puzzled homeowner. "But I have a wife and eleven children."
"Is that a record?" she inquired.
"I don't think so," replied the man, "but it's as close as I want to get."
"Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme'?" she asked.
"Well, no," answered the puzzled homeowner. "But I have a wife and eleven children."
"Is that a record?" she inquired.
"I don't think so," replied the man, "but it's as close as I want to get."
Unusual Holidays and Celebrations
Today is:
All-American Soapbox Derby Day
as well as
Gorgeous Grandma Day
and
Hot Enough For Ya Day
All-American Soapbox Derby Day
as well as
Gorgeous Grandma Day
and
Hot Enough For Ya Day
Tips to save at the movies
These discount opportunities can save you up to 70 percent on your next trip to the theater.
Save at the movies
Also:
Careers with great futures
These fields are projected to have higher-than-average employment growth rates and a huge demand for workers.
10 careers
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Daily Almanac
Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2009.
There are 161 days left in the year.
Today In History July 23, 2009
There are 161 days left in the year.
Today In History July 23, 2009
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Valencia, Comunidad Valencia, Spain
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Amman, Amman, Jordan
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Delhi, Delhi, India
London, England, United Kingdom
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Regensburg, Bayern, Germany
Belgaum, Karnataka, India
as well as Singapore, Bulgaria, and the United States
Valencia, Comunidad Valencia, Spain
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Amman, Amman, Jordan
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Delhi, Delhi, India
London, England, United Kingdom
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Regensburg, Bayern, Germany
Belgaum, Karnataka, India
as well as Singapore, Bulgaria, and the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Cleaning and organizing have you completely captivated.
You can't think of anything you'd rather do than alphabetize your media collections.
Once everything is exactly where you want it to be, though, you might want to turn your attention toward one other activity, just briefly.
Isn't there someone out there who's been trying for days now to entice you into spending a few minutes alone with them?
You have a wonderfully clean nest to show off.
Invite them over.
What to you mean 'invite them over' - I'm only on the "C's"!
Cleaning and organizing have you completely captivated.
You can't think of anything you'd rather do than alphabetize your media collections.
Once everything is exactly where you want it to be, though, you might want to turn your attention toward one other activity, just briefly.
Isn't there someone out there who's been trying for days now to entice you into spending a few minutes alone with them?
You have a wonderfully clean nest to show off.
Invite them over.
What to you mean 'invite them over' - I'm only on the "C's"!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Fifty things to while riding an elevator
1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your Kleenex to other passengers.
3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!
4. Whistle the first seven notes of 'It’s a Small World' incessantly.
5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
6. On a long ride, sway side to side at the natural frequency of the elevator.
7. Shave.
8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: Got enough air in there?
9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: Noogie patrol coming!
13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
14. Censored by your son.
15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go plink at the bottom.
16.Do Tai Chi exercises.
17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: I’ve got new socks on!
18. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: Oh, not now, damn motion sickness!
19. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
20. Meow occasionally.
21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
22. Frown and mutter gotta go, gotta go then sigh and say oops!
23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
24. Sing Mary had a little lamb while continually pushing buttons.
25. Holler Chutes away! whenever the elevator descends.
26. Walk on with a cooler that says human head on the side.
27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce "You’re one of THEM!" and move to the far corner of the elevator.
28. Burp, and then say mmmm... tasty!
29. Leave a box between the doors.
30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
31. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers through it.
32. Start a sing-along.
33. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask is that your beeper?
34. Play the harmonica.
35. Shadow box.
36. Say Ding! at each floor.
37. Lean against the button panel.
38. Say I wonder what all these do and push the red buttons.
39. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your personal space.
41. Bring a chair along.
42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: Wanna see wha in muh mouf?
43. Blow spit bubbles.
44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
45. Announce in a demonic voice: I must find a more suitable host body.
46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
48. Wear X-Ray Specs and leer suggestively at other passengers.
49. Stare at your thumb and say I think it’s getting larger.
50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and shout "Stranger Danger!"
2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your Kleenex to other passengers.
3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!
4. Whistle the first seven notes of 'It’s a Small World' incessantly.
5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
6. On a long ride, sway side to side at the natural frequency of the elevator.
7. Shave.
8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: Got enough air in there?
9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: Noogie patrol coming!
13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
14. Censored by your son.
15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go plink at the bottom.
16.Do Tai Chi exercises.
17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: I’ve got new socks on!
18. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: Oh, not now, damn motion sickness!
19. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
20. Meow occasionally.
21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
22. Frown and mutter gotta go, gotta go then sigh and say oops!
23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
24. Sing Mary had a little lamb while continually pushing buttons.
25. Holler Chutes away! whenever the elevator descends.
26. Walk on with a cooler that says human head on the side.
27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce "You’re one of THEM!" and move to the far corner of the elevator.
28. Burp, and then say mmmm... tasty!
29. Leave a box between the doors.
30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
31. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers through it.
32. Start a sing-along.
33. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask is that your beeper?
34. Play the harmonica.
35. Shadow box.
36. Say Ding! at each floor.
37. Lean against the button panel.
38. Say I wonder what all these do and push the red buttons.
39. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your personal space.
41. Bring a chair along.
42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: Wanna see wha in muh mouf?
43. Blow spit bubbles.
44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
45. Announce in a demonic voice: I must find a more suitable host body.
46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
48. Wear X-Ray Specs and leer suggestively at other passengers.
49. Stare at your thumb and say I think it’s getting larger.
50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and shout "Stranger Danger!"
Police acted 'stupidly' in arrest
At a prime-time press conference, President Obama responds to a question about the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Police acted 'stupidly' in arrest
Also:
Governor Schwarzenegger Backs President Obama's Health Care Goals
President Obama's push for fast-tracked, health care legislation is meeting resistance from within his own party, but he has at least one governor from the other side of the aisle on his side -- Arnold Schwarzenegger .
Paralyzed kids buried for healing
Hope ...
Parents of paralyzed children buried them in mud during the eclipse hoping they would walk again.
Parents in Pakistan buried paralyzed children up to their necks in a muddy river bed today, believing that a total eclipse of the sun would allow them to walk.
Buried for healing
Parents of paralyzed children buried them in mud during the eclipse hoping they would walk again.
Parents in Pakistan buried paralyzed children up to their necks in a muddy river bed today, believing that a total eclipse of the sun would allow them to walk.
Buried for healing
Anti-Choicer Gets Booted for Supporting Contraception
It is the height of irony in the anti-choice movement that many do not support contraception as a way to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
Booted for Supporting Contraception
Booted for Supporting Contraception
Modern Humans Likely Killed Neanderthals, Weapons Test Shows
There has been lots of speculation as to why the Neanderthals became extinct.
Now there is compelling evidence that modern humans may have had had a hand in the process.
Neanderthals
Now there is compelling evidence that modern humans may have had had a hand in the process.
Neanderthals
Teen knocks out granny with frying pan to stop her from talking
A Russian teen knocked out his grandmother and her friend with a frying pan because they wouldn't stop talking about their favorite TV series.
"Yo Quiero Taco Bell" No More as Taco Bell Dog Dies
Gidget, the chihuahua used in those old "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" commercials which originated back in 1997, has died.
She was 15.
She was 15.
Dinners you can make in 20 minutes
Strangers make stunning rescue after crash
Three accused of letting rats chew toes off infant
Three people have been accused of letting rats bite a 6-week-old girl and chew off her toes at their cluttered Ohio mobile home.
Girl arrested after assault rifle found in her wardrobe
A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been arrested by armed police - after they discovered a high-powered assault rifle in her wardrobe.
Gunman asks to be hanged
The sole surviving gunman of last year's Mumbai attacks told the judge in court today that he was prepared to be put to death after making a dramatic confession of his role in the operation.
Oakland, California Approves Country's First Medical Marijuana Tax
The voters of city of Oakland, California have approved the first tax on medical marijuana in the country.The city has four dispensaries that took in about $19.7 million in revenue in the last fiscal year.
Microwave myths and risks
The household appliance has sparked legitimate as well as unfounded health fears.
Myths and risks
Also:
Unusual Holidays and Celebration
Today is
Health, Happiness with Hypnosis Day,
as well as
Rat-Catchers Day
and
Spooners (Spoonerism) Day
Health, Happiness with Hypnosis Day,
as well as
Rat-Catchers Day
and
Spooners (Spoonerism) Day
Abortion controversy hits health bill
A group of lawmakers say the health care bill opens a back door to publicly financed abortions.
Health bill
Also:
Eclipse shrouds Asia in daytime darkness
Daily Almanac
Today is Wednesday, July 22, the 203rd day of 2009.
There are 162 days left in the year.
Today In History July 22, 2009
There are 162 days left in the year.
Today In History July 22, 2009
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
Munich, Bayern, Germany
Brussels, Brussels-Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
London, England, United Kingdom
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Moscow, Moscow City, Russia
Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
Munich, Bayern, Germany
Brussels, Brussels-Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
London, England, United Kingdom
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You'll witness an ugly exchange between two people you respect today.
One of them feels more deserving of the praise the other one received.
You know what it's like to feel overlooked, so you could be useful in helping heal the bruised ego in this situation.
Make a subtle overture of support, but don't step right in and start telling people what's what.
Offering your help is all you can do -- you can't make people accept it.
Yeah, lead'em to water and all that ....
You'll witness an ugly exchange between two people you respect today.
One of them feels more deserving of the praise the other one received.
You know what it's like to feel overlooked, so you could be useful in helping heal the bruised ego in this situation.
Make a subtle overture of support, but don't step right in and start telling people what's what.
Offering your help is all you can do -- you can't make people accept it.
Yeah, lead'em to water and all that ....
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
World's largest telescope to be built in Hawaii
Hawaii was chosen Tuesday as the site for the world's biggest telescope, a device so powerful that it will allow scientists to see some 13 billion light years away and get a glimpse into the early years of the universe.
The telescope's mirror — stretching almost 100 feet in diameter, or nearly the length of a Boeing 737's wingspan — will be so large that it should be able to gather light that will have spent 13 billion years traveling to earth. This means astronomers looking into the telescope will be able to see images of the first stars and galaxies forming — some 400 million years after the Big Bang.
Read the rest here.
Common mistakes home sellers make
Canadians like their health care despite grumbles
It's the bogeyman of the heated debate about overhauling U.S. health care. Critics charge that revamping the American system will turn the country into Canada, with a nationalized health care system and people dying as they wait for needed services they no longer can get.
Japan Floods Leave 5 Dead, 5 Missing
Japanese media report at least five people died and five others were missing after heavy rain triggered mudslides and swelled a river in the Japanese city of Hofu, in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Tuesday.Cop Accused Of Pulling Gun At McD's
A Denver police officer is charged with felony menacing and weapons charges for allegedly using his gun to try to speed up a McDonald's order.
Cop Accused Of Pulling Gun At McD's
Now, if we would only charge McDonald's with felony assault with bad food, life would be good.
Cop Accused Of Pulling Gun At McD's
Now, if we would only charge McDonald's with felony assault with bad food, life would be good.
Villagers Fall Back on Frog Marriage to Bring Rains
Lack of monsoons got you down?
Maybe a frog wedding would cheer you up?
Maybe a frog wedding would cheer you up?
More Treason From The Wing-Nuts
This idiot is insane and delusional ...
He insisted his comments weren't about politics, but renewed his call to block the president's reform attempts.
"We've gotta stop him. We cannot let him roll over us," DeMint said.
No one is playing into your hands you fool - being called to task for one's lunacy is not 'playing into your hands', it is pointing out what a truly fucked up individual you are.
Jim DeMint (retard-SC) stands by his comment that health care will be President Obama's Waterloo, a comment Obama derided in a health care speech yesterday.
"I think he played right into my hands," DeMint told Neil Cavuto on Faux News this afternoon, adding that Obama's frequent appearances over the last several days show a level of desperation. "Any time the president of the United States goes after a freshman senator, he's losing his grip a little bit."
He insisted his comments weren't about politics, but renewed his call to block the president's reform attempts.
"We've gotta stop him. We cannot let him roll over us," DeMint said.
*****
No one is playing into your hands you fool - being called to task for one's lunacy is not 'playing into your hands', it is pointing out what a truly fucked up individual you are.
Married Life
One Liners:
It's not true that married men live longer than single men. It only seems longer.
I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
Losing a wife can be hard. In most cases, it is damned near impossible.
A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he's finished.
It's not true that married men live longer than single men. It only seems longer.
I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.
Losing a wife can be hard. In most cases, it is damned near impossible.
A man is incomplete until he is married. After that, he's finished.
China Blocks Websites In Effort To Stop Spread Of Information
Several Chinese Internet sites and parts of popular Web portals went offline Tuesday amid tightening controls that have already left mainland Web users without access to Facebook, Twitter and other well-known social networking sites.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Men and climate change
Fishing won't be a lot of fun if trout become "hot, hungry and gasping for air," as the WWF predicts.
Men and climate change
Men and climate change
Faux News Producer Gets 10 Years for Child Porn
A federal judge has sentenced a former Faux News Channel producer to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography.The U.S. Attorney's Office says Aaron Bruns was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court. Prosecutors had recommended the 10-year term, citing Bruns' prior conviction on similar charges.
Authorities arrested Bruns in February after investigators said he had been sharing pornography on a social networking Web site. Bruns pleaded guilty in May to possession of child pornography.
Bruns covered Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008 and later was a general producer in Washington, covering politics.
Obama responds to 'mom jeans' fashion critique
Countdown begins for Atlanta's water future
Georgia faces the dire prospect of losing metropolitan Atlanta's main water source if political leaders can't broker a solution with Alabama and Florida over rights to a major reservoir within three years.
3-year countdown
3-year countdown
Did comet kill 1st humans in America?
Researchers says a comet that exploded over eastern Canada nearly 13,000 years ago is likely responsible for wiping out large Ice Age animals such as the woolly mammoth and North America's first human inhabitants called the Clovis people .
Did comet kill 1st humans in America?
Did comet kill 1st humans in America?
Boy drinks gas to become Transformer
A Chinese boy was left seriously ill after drinking gas to try and turn himself into a Transformer robot.
Monkey used in thefts at nursery
Owners of a Texas plant store were shocked to discover the bandit responsible for a recent string thefts at the nursery was a monkey.
Stealthy symptoms you shouldn't ignore
Super-chapped lips or dark circles under your eyes could indicate health issues worth looking into.
Stealthy symptoms
Also:
Solar eclipse will be longest for more than a century
On Wednesday, the moon will pass in front of the sun, producing a total solar eclipse that will last longer than any other until 2132.
Solar eclipse will be longest for more than a century
Girl with half a brain retains full vision
A girl born with half of her cerebral cortex missing sees perfectly because of a reorganisation of the brain circuits involved in vision
Girl with half a brain retains full vision
Stone-age innovation explains ancient population boom
The advent of stone microblades set the stage for the Indian subcontinent's explosive population growth, new research suggests.
Science News
From BBC-Science:
Millions of people in Asia will see the longest total solar eclipse this century as swaths of India and China are plunged into darkness.
THE BIG PICTURE
Faux News Analyst: As Far As I'm Concerned, Taliban Can Kill Captured U.S. Soldier
Why aren't these traitors in prison?
They are constantly proving their disloyalty to and hatred for America.
They are constantly proving their disloyalty to and hatred for America.
According to Peters, Bergdahl's fellow soldiers have reported that he "wandered off" and left his post.
The suggestion that this kid (and he is a kid) deserted is both inflammatory and premature, but let's suppose he did.
Peters would have us accept that he therefore deserves whatever is coming to him, and not only that, but that if we leave it to the Taliban, it will save us "legal hassles and legal bills."
(Seriously: that's what he said.)
The suggestion that this kid (and he is a kid) deserted is both inflammatory and premature, but let's suppose he did.
Peters would have us accept that he therefore deserves whatever is coming to him, and not only that, but that if we leave it to the Taliban, it will save us "legal hassles and legal bills."
(Seriously: that's what he said.)
Not that it is hard to do ...
Crooks & Liars brings us a video of Tom Arnold out-thinking Sean Hannity.
Wet paper sacks do it everyday.
Wet paper sacks do it everyday.
Tell It Plain
repugicans want Americans to go bankrupt over medical bills.
repugicans want American to suffer and die.
repugicans are putting politics over people.
repugicans are putting campaign contributions over country.
A private memo distributed by the repugican national committee calls for like-minded advocates to help defeat President Barack Obama's health care proposals by delaying its consideration.
..in an effort to slow down reform, the rnc advises its advocates to use a whole host of political tools, from organizing town halls, to writing letters to the editor, to booking surrogates on radio and television, to engaging in "street theater" protests outside democratic events. and in a bit of irony, the memo's authors encourage readers to frame the president as the one acting out of political motivations.Read the rest here
Amateur's amazing discovery about Jupiter
Astronomers are stunned after a man using his backyard telescope finds evidence that an object has hit the planet.
Amateur's amazing discovery about Jupiter
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Jupiter sports new 'bruise' from impact
A new black spot about as big as the Earth has been found on Jupiter – astronomers say it was caused by an impact, not by one of the planet's famous storms
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools - The Faux News edition:
Faux's Varney: Obama and Congress are "essentially socialists
Again, a wing-nut fails to understand the definition of what a 'socialist' is.
Faux's O'Really claims media using Goebbels tactics to push "propaganda," left trying to "knock out Judeo-Christian traditions"
I see Swill is channeling Josef (Goebbels) again ... using the old smoke and mirrors - and failing - accusing everyone else of what he is doing.
Faux's Handjob calls in to Faux to declare Obama's "Soviet-style" health care will "destroy capitalism"
"Calling" in to himself ... talk about schizophrenic.
Ingrate puts crosshairs on Planned Parenthood: What are these people at Faux thinking?
And she still misses by a country mile.
Faux's Brick: "The president is a Marxist" who is "setting up a class system"
Look up the definition of a 'marxist' before opening mouth. Oh, and that 'setting up a class system' thing that was done over the centuries by the wealthy to keep their wealth and only until the recent past has that been somewhat rectified - and the wealthy and their troglodyte faithful lap dogs continue to seek to restore it ... the shrub and cabal tried to re-institute it, but we would not let them.
Faux's Brick on European health care: "How many times do they have to goose-step" before we decide not to follow them
So, stop goosestepping you Nazi.
Faux's Brick warns: "The ACORNS of the world" are not "about voter registration," but "riots, planned riots"
As ever the wing-nuts don't want people to vote - it makes it harder for them to steal elections when more people vote.
Faux's Varney: Obama and Congress are "essentially socialists
Again, a wing-nut fails to understand the definition of what a 'socialist' is.
Faux's O'Really claims media using Goebbels tactics to push "propaganda," left trying to "knock out Judeo-Christian traditions"
I see Swill is channeling Josef (Goebbels) again ... using the old smoke and mirrors - and failing - accusing everyone else of what he is doing.
Faux's Handjob calls in to Faux to declare Obama's "Soviet-style" health care will "destroy capitalism"
"Calling" in to himself ... talk about schizophrenic.
Ingrate puts crosshairs on Planned Parenthood: What are these people at Faux thinking?
And she still misses by a country mile.
Faux's Brick: "The president is a Marxist" who is "setting up a class system"
Look up the definition of a 'marxist' before opening mouth. Oh, and that 'setting up a class system' thing that was done over the centuries by the wealthy to keep their wealth and only until the recent past has that been somewhat rectified - and the wealthy and their troglodyte faithful lap dogs continue to seek to restore it ... the shrub and cabal tried to re-institute it, but we would not let them.
Faux's Brick on European health care: "How many times do they have to goose-step" before we decide not to follow them
So, stop goosestepping you Nazi.
Faux's Brick warns: "The ACORNS of the world" are not "about voter registration," but "riots, planned riots"
As ever the wing-nuts don't want people to vote - it makes it harder for them to steal elections when more people vote.
Privacy attack on ESPN journalist 'scary'
The invasion of Erin Andrews' privacy could give aspiring female journalists pause.
Privacy attack 'scary'
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Best bargain real estate markets
The national housing bust has created some outstanding opportunities for would-be home buyers — if you know where to look.
Best bargain
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Couple with same unique name to wed
Kelly Hildebrandt is in love with Kelly Hildebrandt, and soon they'll be married.
Couple with same name to wed
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Bikini Cyclist Reveals All To Fans
A nearly-nude cyclist, dubbed the Classy Tallahassee Bikini Bicyclist, in the Florida capital has become a bona fide local celebrity, residents say.
Bikini Cyclist
Bikini Cyclist
Key West May Get Nude Beach
The city of Key West, Fla., which contains a nude rooftop bar and nude pools, may finally get its first nude beach, city officials said.
Key West Nude Beach
Key West Nude Beach
Japan's prime minister dissolves parliament
Amid Japan's steep recession and political gridlock, Taro Aso calls for national elections next month.
Japan's prime minister dissolves parliament
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Surprising facts about the 1969 moon mission
Find out which Apollo 11 astronaut has a hip hop single, and who may have flubbed a famous line.
The 1969 moon mission
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Daily Almanac
Today is Tuesday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2009.
There are 163 days left in the year.
Today In History July 21, 2009
There are 163 days left in the year.
Today In History July 21, 2009
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Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Cairo, Al Qairah, Egypt
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Seoul, Seoul-T'ukpyolsi, Korea
Xalapa, Veracruz-Llava, mexico
as well as Brazil, South Africa, and the United States
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